The Intercollegiate Tennis Association celebrates the 2022 ITA All-America student-athletes. The honorific "All-American" title is given to student-athletes who finish in the top 20 of the final ITA singles rankings. The All-America status is awarded to doubles teams which finish in the top 10 of the final ITA doubles rankings.
Alejandro Palacios, Alejandro Ibañez Gallego and Alessandro Giuliato all earned singles All-America recognition. Palacios finished his season ranked ninth in singles with a 12-4 record, mostly at the top flight. Ibañez Gallego completed the season ranked 10th in singles with a 8-5 record. He also got the first point in singles at the NCAA Championship, defeating Ben Lakeman of Wayne State 6-0,6-2. Giuliato ended the season ranked 19th in singles with a 11-4 record. He clinched the NCAA Championship by defeating Niklas Karcz of Wayne State 6-2,7-5. Ignasi Forcano and Martin Gutierrez were named All-America in doubles. They finished the year ranked eighth by the ITA with a record of 17-7, mostly playing from the top flight. They all helped led the Bucs to the Sunshine State Conference regular season and tournament championship, the ITA Indoor title and the NCAA South Region and National championships this year.
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Barry has been one of the the top teams in NCAA Division II over the last 30+ years. The Bucs have advanced to the NCAA Tournament 27 times, including making the finals 13 times.Their seven runner-up finishes are an NCAA record, as are their 13 runs to the finals. They have won the national championship six times and counting, including the last three in a row (2010, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022). They have had 96 All-SSC singles players including SSC Players of the Year Alessandro Giuliato (2021), Ahmed Triki (2014, 2015, 2017), Marco Mokrzycki (2013), Thomas Hipp (2006), Sebastian Losavio (2005), Christian Witt & Christian Meyer (2000) and Herbert Bende (1997). The Buccaneers also had 63 ITA All-Americans players including Palacios (2022), Ibañez Gallego (2020, 2022), Giuliato (2020, 2021, 2022), Forcano (2021, 2022), and Gutierrez (2021, 2022).
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